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Okay,

We bought these EL dial things quite some time ago now, and I was wondering if anyone else has experienced problems with thiers?

I know I've had problems with them flickering on/off and now intermittantly working whenever the hell they feel like, very annoying when trying to drive at night - thank god I don't do it much!

I know uneekwahn, fane, myself and nudey have got problems with them. Anyone else maybe have a fix/solution for them that they care to share ?

Or was it all just a complete cheap shit batch of them that Jason hooked us up with?

Cheers,

Kym.

I have just started experiencing this last week... exactly what you are describing..... I will put my money on the problem being with the black box power supply for the dials.... I have already asked for a price on a replacement unit but the shop hasnt gotten back to me yet....

what.... for all those times you do 300km/h???

;-)

No, for all the times his clock has been wound back at the dealer :P

Brett,

That's where I put my money on too, perhaps we could all get a group buy on replacement box's...

Or source other power output devices for these EL-type lights?

you guys already spent the $$ on these and now that they're f*king up you're going to buy the same thing to replace it? I'd be talking to the shop telling them that the gear was great for short term applications....

Dan - I know Alex was having the same problems with the dials sticking on his car. It was that the glue that holds them on had given up and they were catching on the needles. I think he ripped his off.

Yeah I found when installing the guages if they didnt sit perfectly flat the needles would catch as they went around... took a few goes but I managed to get the whole set flat so I dont have those probs.....

I remember when I originally picked up the dials the guy at the shop told me that the power supplies have a tendancy to fail after a while so I cant say that I am shocked now...

I think this weekend I might pull that power supply out and open it up to see how many of the components are easily replaced ( being that in the most part it is only a basic power supply ) .... depending on whether or not I can replace components inside my one and the price of a replacement unit I will make my decision then.... the only tricky bit perhaps will be that the doesnt just power the dials but through the hand controller it also allows colour change and brightness control so I am guessing their is going to be a certain chip that will be needed...

But yeah if we can organise a small group buy and get em cheaper thats even better.... I might even get a second one if they are cheap enough for next year when it breaks again :P

thanks Cam,

me and uneekwhan found out it was a bitch to get to the dash.. if i have to fix it i will have a carton with me..... doing long winded things is more fun when drunk :-)

i still owe Jason some beers actually.... D'OH!!

I think you will find most of us installed them ourselves.... that being said I am sure any one of the workshops that are mentioned on these forums can probably install them for you... I wouldnt like to think how much it will cost you though... probably almost as much as it cost to buy the set...

I reckon your best bet is to try and organise to meet with one of us who have to remove our one to install the new power supply and do yours at the same time :D

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